Cheshire Ploughing and Hedgecutting Society

Analysis

Cheshire Ploughing and Hedgecutting Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cheshire. It was registered in March 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. It says it makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Cheshire Ploughing and Hedgecutting Society reported income of £101k and spending of £99k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £9,332 to £101k (+980%), an average of +81% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 939%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Cheshire Ploughing and Hedgecutting Society sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Herefordshire Branch of the Campaign to Protect Rural England (£100k), Daws Hall Trust (£101k) and Lancashire Mining Museum Charitable Incorporated Organisation (£100k).

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline.